Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to resolve all federal civil and criminal charges related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday.

Perhaps the ink will dry on Barclays’ checks just in time for its execs to settle into their seats at Centre Court and dig into their strawberries and cream. Reports surfaced today that the British bank will pay $450 million to U.S. and British authorities to settle charges against Barclays...

At the crux of almost every Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) internal investigation or government enforcement action involving alleged bribery is the question of whether the individual being allegedly bribed is a “foreign official” pursuant to the FCPA.